" Toni said, "It's perfectly normal for any woman. You justexperienced something a lot of women go through. Some more thanothers. You are finding you... feminine side and some of it is goingto come out from time to time. I wouldn't worry about it, I thinkyou should rejoice that you can have those feelings." He felt better hearing her tell him that. Then the thought cameinto his head that she wasn't seeing him as her husband anymore.That bothered him. He asked her what was on tap for the. Diane watched as Abby vaguely side-stepped questions about her initiation into the society. She only said that they would be informed about it when they became 14 and eligible to join.Diane was still a little worried about Abby's reaction to what had happened to her. She was going to bear watching for a while. That evening she went up to the second floor to check up on all the girls, but was surprised to note that she could not see any lights under any of the doors. She shrugged and decided to. Whenever working in the Minneapolis area, I liked to stay with Tom. In the early days he was married, and his wife was also a trades-person; mouthy, nasty, and a lot of fun. Back then everybody smoked lots of pot, and pretty much drank like fish. It's part of the life. When I stayed at Tom's house we would smoke and drink into the wee hours, watching porn from his vast collection, eating pizza, and flirting (both of us) with his firecracker of a wife.I stayed in their little guest room right. After the class, come to the office. The guy should be gone by then, and I can fill you in on the orders I got this week... Oh, God, here comes First Central Bank."Sarah hurried off as a dark-red Mercedes entered the yard. There were no other horses around, and the girls were just starting to arrive. I met each of them as they came in and tried to learn their names. I said I was Sarah's 'helper-outer', told them to saddle up.Will came with me to Hero's stall. Hero was glad to see me, nuzzled me.